Podcasts about california's great america

California's Great America announces that they are reopening in May 2021!

Mike with California's Great America talks to Carolyn McArdle about what's happening at the park while it's closed due to the pandemic!

California's Great America talks about what they are offering during the shelter-in-place.

Each year, Matt and two friends meet-up for Coaster Nerd Con (CNC), their own little convention for nerdy coaster riding. This year, the trio headed west to California.  The parks and attractions they visited were: Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier, Knott's Berry Farm, Warner Bros. Studio Tour, Universal Studios Hollywood, Six Flags Magic Mountain, California's Great America, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.   In this episode, Matt reveals which park had the best guest service, as well as his favorite coaster of the trip.  He also shares 5 major lessons that he took away from this experience. They are: It all starts with your attitude and a quote from Henry Ford, "whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." The waiting experience at your attraction could be having a bigger impact in the overall guest experience than you think. It's not enough for us to be employers, we must also be educators. Parks who started off as twins had very different journeys. It's probably time to re-think incentive programs and replace them with "inspiration programs."   Have a question for the mailbag or know of a guest we should feature?  Drop us a line! Josh - josh@amusementadvantage.com Matt - matt@performanceoptimist.com Twitter Facebook LinkedIn This episode is brought to you by FunRating.  If you work in any area of the attractions industry, you’re probably curious how guests at your attraction perceive critical areas of guest experience.  Which facility type provided the best service in 2018?  Who really needs to improve their food service?  And which attraction saw the highest increase in likelihood to return?  These questions, and more, can all be found in the FunRating Report, and this is information that only Amusement Advantage can provide.  The FunRating Report can be found at funrating.com, and we have an exclusive offering for AttractionPros listeners.  To save 10% off of the one-time purchase of $375, tune into the podcast!

This time, we take a road trip to the north as we take on opening night of California's Great America's Halloween Haunt! The Tooth Fairy has left Knott's to join the green witch in running Haunt! Listen as we share it all.

Our friend Josh Taylor (from Network 1901) joins Kory with his thoughts on the newly opened Pixar Pier at Disney California Adventure, Incredibles 2 gets knocked off it's box-office throne, a new coaster open at California's Great America and your Parks Planning Forecast! For more information and pertinent links: NoMidnightPodcast.com  

This week, we take a ride into the world of American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) for their 6th annual off-season tour at California's Great America. We talk about this tight-knit community, get the inside scoop on Great America's 2018 updates and get a behind-the-scenes look into off-season operations. Steve quizzes mike on random Bay Area theme park trivia and Mike challenges us to start taking time to do what we love.

We're back with a jammed packed episode about many people's favorite park- Cedar Point! 1. In our next installment of Andrew's news we discuss new goodies arriving at KD, Cedar Point, and California's Great America. We also discuss Over Georgia's decision to go backwards. Lastly, we look at the opening of a new park, even if it is just a nine acre park on Branson's famous strip. 2. We hear from the listener's first with our second TPF Quest, or interactive question, about what is your favorite Cedar Point coaster and why? Many people participated with a lot of interesting answers! 3. We discuss Andrew's new experiences with Cedar Point coasters, adding the five new 52" coasters to his list. Which did he like best? Andrew and Adam both cast their votes for favorite coaster as the winner was decided with our two votes! 4. We play the little known Top Ten segment from The David Letterman Show which focused on theme parks. 5. We discuss our new experiences at Kings Island with Banshee and Mystic Timbers 6. Andrew updates his top ten favorite coaster list from the beginning of 2017. Radical changes arise as Andrew added many coasters last year to almost reach the 200 level. Did your favorites make the list yet? 7. Our Tip of the Day focuses on ways to make your Millennium Force experience quicker if you want a view but not the wait!

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, iHEART RADIO AND SPOTIFY!  Change always happens at theme parks. The only change that seems to really bother people are the changes that are done in order to be more politically correct. Currently in the world we live in, being politically correct seems to be more and more important and it has started to permeate into the theme park world. With changes coming to Pirates of the Caribbean, the conversation has grown louder and louder. On this show, we brought on Doug Barnes from The Season Pass Podcast to talk about the PC culture in theme parks. We talk not only about Disneyland, but Knott's Berry Farm, Halloween Horror Nights and Haunts! It should be a polarizing yet interesting episode! Along with this comes a heaping helping of theme park news in the Theme Park Bulletin! We talk Hangtime at Knott's Berry Farm, Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point, RailBlazer at California's Great America, Time Traveler at Silver Dollar City and Twisted Timbers at King's Dominion. We also chat Haunting Headlines with haunt news! Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Leatherface and Chucky all come to Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood for Titans of Terror maze and Terror Tram! Saw also makes it's return with Saw The Games of Jigsaw, Trick r Treat makes it debut at Halloween Horror Nights Orlando, Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure makes plans for it Farewell Tour as well as returning attractions to Knott's Scary Farm! It is a jumbo sized episode so we hope you all enjoy!  Check out The Season Pass Podcast on iTunes Check out our website: themeparkduo.com Check our our social media: @THEMEPARKDUO

Our most requested park, by one persistent listener.  So we finally visit California's Great America and produce our most ambitious plans yet. Episode 5

Walt Disney World is experimenting with charging people for the privilege of entering the park early or be able to stay past normal closing times.  Will the regional parks follow suit?  What would a program like that look like at, say, Cedar Point?   This week's ParkHopper is all about Legoland Florida. Would an average theme park fan enjoy this park? Or is it only for the kids?   Universal Studios Hollywood opened its version of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. What are the early reviews like? And will we have an appearance by our favorite friendly Half-Giant?   Plus, we talk with Roger Ross from California's Great America about recent rumors surrounding the park. Is it in danger of closing? We get to the bottom of it!   All this and much, much more!

This weel, we feature Live Trip Reports from listeners all over the world!  We have trip reports from Alton Towers, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Cedar Point, Thorpe Park, WB Movie World, California's Great America, Disneyland, Drayton Manor and many more!

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week The Season Pass Podcast continues the 2013 Halloween celebration with a trip to California's Great America in Santa Clara, CA for Halloween Haunt!  Experience audio from all eight mazes, PLUS an exclusive interview with the Entertainment Manager, Clayton Lawrence.  Have Scary Fun! Links: California's Great America InPark Magazine Evil Episodes Thrillride.com Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z'nuff on iTunes  Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: www.seasonpasspodcast.com Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com   brent.young@seasonpasspodcast.com   Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524   Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show.  Your support is extremely appreciated.   © 2013 Season Pass Podcast

We were watching "Jurassic Park" on TV the other night and laughing at the part of the movie where paleontologist Dr. Grant has just seen the dinosaurs. He says, "I think we're out of a job." And Ian Malcolm (played by the totally awesome Jeff Goldblum) says, "Don't you mean extinct?" So many of the things we do here at CoasterRadio.com are inspired by pop culture and this week's show is no different. This week, we ask the audience to pick one type of ride that they would like to see leave the face of the earth.  We're not looking for specific rides... only ride types.  Some of the answers (especially from E.B.) are shocking! We also have a Live Trip Report from Magic Joe!  Joe is normally part of the Window to the Magic Podcast, but this week, he brought his binaural audio gear to California's Great America to record an audio treat for our ears on their new coaster "Gold Striker." You'll feel like you're on the ride with him! The show then goes live to Orlando, Florida to talk with Mike's wife Molly.  She's down in the theme park capital of the world visiting Mike and Colleen (who have been featured on the show several times.) They'll talk about the latest testing going on with MyMagic+ and some of the strange rumors floating around the Walt Disney World resort! And, don't forget to take our LISTENER SURVEY! We're working on Season Eight of CoasterRadio.com and want to hear from you guys about how the show is doing! Check out all of the show notes and links in our new interactive ZEEN - "In Styleee!" It's brand new for Season Seven!

E.B. returns to the show this week after a two week hiatus with tales of his EPIC Roadtrip! After travelling over 7,000 miles with his wife and three kids (all under eight years old), E.B. is back with tales of theme parks, national parks, volcanos and cowardly westerners. The guys also discuss the latest effort to revive Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, KY.  Ed Hart and his team of investors plan to reopen the former Six Flags property in 2014! Mike and E.B. also take a look at the rumored new water attraction being dreamed up by the guys at Schlitterbahn.  The new ride will supposedly feature a 180-foot drop, an airtime bunny hill and a top speed of 87-MPH! We also have several Live Trip Reports from "Goldstriker" at California's Great America and the strange reason why the ride had to be shut down for a few days last week. Plus, we have the return of our 4th of July tradition - The SPARKTACULAR EXPLOOSIOLOOSA! It's all coming up on a brand new episode of The Original Theme Park Podcast! Check out all of the show notes and links in our new interactive ZEEN - "In Styleee!" It's brand new for Season Seven!

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week is the it's the Gold Striker Media Event at California's Great America in Santa Clara, CA!  The entire grand  opening plus conversations with CGA V.P. and General Manager Raul Rehnborg, P.R. Manager Roger Ross, creators of “Lost Parks of Northern California” Kris Rowberry (GreatAmericanThrills.net) & Nicholas Laschkewitsch (American Coaster Enthusiasts Nor Cal), and Doug's review of this stunning new wooden monster!  Also, a review of the Knott's Berry Farm Boardwalk & Timber Mountain Media Day.  Enjoy! Links: California's Great America Website Knott's Website ACE Nor Cal Site ACE Online Great American Thrills Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z'nuff on iTunes  Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: www.seasonpasspodcast.com Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com   brent.young@seasonpasspodcast.com   Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524   Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show.  Your support is extremely appreciated.   © 2013 Season Pass Podcast 

There's big news this week out of Northern California this week and we have the first interviews about it. California's Great America announced that their new roller coaster "Gold Striker" will now include the world’s longest covered initial descent tunnel on a wooden coaster.    Adding intrigue to the record setting feature, Gold Striker’s 174-foot tunnel will be enclosed by wood on both sides, corrugated metal on top and in-fill underneath the tracks, to replicate a true "gold mine" feel. We'll talk with Tyler Currie, Director of Park Operations for California's Great America about the new ride and their big announcement. We'll also discuss some rumors coming out of Walt Disney World in Orlando.  Word is leaking out about a possible re-imagining of the entire Downtown Disney complex.... complete with a new name, layout and a five-level parking garage.  Interesting stuff... but maybe Mike and EB have a better idea of what can be done with the area. All this, plus a Live Trip Report from Kings Island, the return of "OFF TOPIC" and a visit from everyone's favorite Dutch Performance Artist! Check out all of the show notes and links in our new interactive ZEEN - "In Styleee!" It's brand new for Season Seven!

This week's episode is all about our first group trip to California's Great America theme park, which included trashy people, some wild dancing, whorish preteens, a sweet airbrushed t-shirt, and garbage disguised as food. We also get an email from our saddest listener, hear the craziest story ever (courtesy of this week's special guest), and get some Anthony-targeted love advice from one of our female listeners. Starring Scott Bromley, Brian Altano, Anthony Gallegos, Ryan Scott, and Max Scoville, with special guest Greg Tarascio.